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Series XVIII: Miami-Havana, 1991-1992

Scope and Content Note

The series contains copies of the full-length documentary Miami-Havana (1992) as well as interviews and footage featured in the documentary. This 52-minute
film examines the personal impact of families divided as a result of diplomatic conflict
between the United States and Cuba. The documentary features a series of interviews
and airport scenes that address struggles families face in light of restrictions on
travel and communications between the two countries.

Filmed in both Havana and Miami, the documentary also examines the successive waves
of Cuban emigration, America's blockade of Cuba, and the US imprisonment and deportation
of the Cuban "excludables."

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Title

Date

Box: 73

Dvd : 9

Miami-Havana

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Content of this DVD is born-digital. Advanced notice is required to access these materials.

Scope and Content Note

This is a full-length version of the film Miami-Havana.

1992

Reel: ref2160

Miami-Havana

1992

Reel: ref2171

Miami-Havana

1992

Box: 75

Dvd : ref7 (Access dvd)

Miami-Havana

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format Umatic. Access DVD Runtime: 00:52:00.

Scope and Content Note

This is a full-length version of the film Miami-Havana. This film is in Spanish.

1992

Box: 89

Cassette : ref7 (Videos)

Box: 81

Dvd : ref464 (Access dvd)

Miami-Havana

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format Umatic. Access DVD Runtime: 00:52:00.

Scope and Content Note

This is a full-length version of the film Miami-Havana. This film is in Spanish.

1992

Box: 88

Cassette : ref464 (Videos)

Box: 87

Cassette : ref565 (Videos)

[Fuste, Tomas Garcia]: Interview and other footage

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format Umatic. Access DVD Runtime: 01:00:00.

Scope and Content Note

The initial portion of video involves pictures of the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity
in Miami. The bulk of the footage features a long interview with Tomas Garcia Fuste
at the WQBA radio station, which for many years served as the voice of anti-Castro
Cubans in Florida.

circa 1991-1992

Box: 82

Dvd : ref565 (Access dvd)

Box: 87

Cassette : ref460 (Videos)

Sanchez, Lourdes: Interview

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format Umatic. Access DVD Runtime: 00:21:16.

Scope and Content Note

In this footage Estela Bravo interviews Lourdes Sanchez, a government chemist who
works on the Isla de la Juventud.

circa 1991-1992

Box: 81

Dvd : ref460 (Access dvd)

Box: 87

Cassette : ref461 (Videos)

Sanchez, Lourdes: Interview

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format Umatic. Access DVD Runtime: 00:21:32.

circa 1991-1992

Box: 81

Dvd : ref461 (Access dvd)

Box: 88

Cassette : ref466 (Videos)

Sanchez, Lourdes (family): Interview

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format Umatic. Access DVD Runtime: 00:53:00.

Scope and Content Note

In this video Estela Bravo interviews the mother of Lourdes Sanchez. A portion of
the footage shows the family watching the Bravo interview in Cuba with her daughter,
Lourdes.

circa 1991-1992

Box: 81

Dvd : ref466 (Access dvd)

Box: 65

Cassette : ref1198

Villar, Arturo: Interview (with his wife Jorgina)

Historical/Biographical Note

Arturo Villar was a former newspaperman who advised businesses about opportunities
in the Cuban economy. He left Cuba after the revolution, but expressed his desire
to return.

circa 1991-1992

Box: 66

Cassette : ref1355

Villar, Arturo: Interview

circa 1991-1992

Box: 79

Dvd : ref331 (Access dvd)

Footage including Coast Guard, Wayne Smith, "excludables'

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format Umatic. Access DVD Runtime: 00:37:03.

Scope and Content Note

This tape contains footage for Miami-Havana that may have subsequently been used in The Cuban Excludables. It contains clips of United States and Cuban Coast Guard picking up rafters; interviews
with parents of one rafter; and explanation of US immigration rules regarding Cubans.
In the middle of the video there is a section of no sound, followed by a high pitched
sound. Interviews resume after, and include several clips of Wayne Smith, and of the
"excludables". Francisco Aruca is also featured in some of these scenes.

circa 1991-1992

Box: 91

Cassette : ref331 (Videos)

Box: 81

Dvd : ref459 (Access dvd)

Footage at Miami Airport

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format Umatic. Access DVD Runtime: 00:22:00.

Scope and Content Note

Estela Bravo interviews a variety of people at the Miami airport. Some appear to be
leaving for Cuba and others are just accompanying travelers.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Historical/Biographical Note

Emilio Cueto is a lawyer, author, pianist and collector of Cuban cultural materials.
He lives in Washington D.C.

Jose Cruz is a former Jesuit priest whose Cuban-American Coalition supports family
reunification, advocates dialogue with Cuba, and opposes the US embargo.

Scope and Content Note

This video features a wide variety of footage. In the first part Emilio Cueto speaks
with Estela Bravo and then sings and plays the piano. Around 00:03:30 there is an
interview with Orlando Bosch; later there is footage with the Miami High School cheerleading
squad; an additional interview with Lourdes Sanchez and her mother, which features
several unidentified individuals; an interview with women in a sewing factory; and
at 00:40:00 an interview with Jose Cruz. The interview with Cruz begins in Spanish,
but then he speaks at length in English about his organization, The Cuban American
Coalition. He also criticizes the Cuban American National Foundation and Jorge Mas
Canosa.

circa 1991-1992

Box: 81

Dvd : ref462 (Access dvd)

Box: 88

Cassette : ref468 (Videos)

Footage of men from Commandos L

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format Umatic. Access DVD Runtime: 01:01:00.

Historical/Biographical Note

Comandos L, originally Comandos Libertad, or Liberty Command, is a Miami-based anti-Castro
paramilitary group that made a number of attacks on Cuba.

circa 1991-1992

Box: 81

Dvd : ref468 (Access dvd)

Box: 88

Cassette : ref469 (Videos)

Footage: "Guard, Thomas Sanchez, Havana Street"

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format Umatic. Access DVD Runtime: 01:01:00.

circa 1991-1992

Box: 81

Dvd : ref469 (Access dvd)

Box: 81

Dvd : ref470 (Access dvd)

Footage: Salvation Army church service

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format Umatic. Access DVD Runtime: 01:02:00.

Scope and Content Note

Footage of church service at the Salvation Army. The church service is followed by
musical performances.

circa 1991-1992

Box: 88

Cassette : ref470 (Videos)

Box: 87

Cassette : ref568 (Videos)

Footage: Miami High School cheerleaders and others

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format Umatic. Access DVD Runtime: 00:59:00.

Scope and Content Note

This video contains footage contains a performance and interviews with Miami High
School cheerleaders, who are of Cuban descent, and many interviews with other Cuban
Americans. In between, are street scenes, shots of a US flag flying, and footage
of the inside of a church (B-roll).

circa 1991-1992

Box: 82

Dvd : ref568 (Access dvd)

Box: 87

Cassette : ref570 (Videos)

Footage: Demonstrations against the embargo in Bicentennial Park

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format Umatic. Access DVD Runtime: 00:41:00.

circa 1991-1992

Box: 82

Dvd : ref570 (Access dvd)

Box: 66

Cassette : ref1324

Miami-Havana 2nd Cut English and Spanish

1992

Box: 51

Cassette : ref1175

"#62 Aruca in Studio #63 Aruca in Studio" (Francisco Aruca)

circa 1991-1992

Box: 67

Cassette : ref1378

Aruca, Francisco: Interview in Office

circa 1991-1992

Box: 67

Cassette : ref1377

"Jose Marti Airport interviews; Children, Namibia"

Scope and Content Note

This video appears to contain material from both Miami-Havana and Namibia: The Last Colony. The box indicates interviews as the Jose Marti Airport in Cuba and also mentions
young people from Namibia. They may be young Namibians who were educated in Cuba.